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Hi all

Another ship in the cabinet
Uss Mobile Bay CG-53 1/700 - Lee

It is a model of poor quality. Numerous improvements have been employed.
bollards, 5-inch guns with needles of 0.5 and 0.8 mm, mast, chains cooper wire, radomes,
Photoeched: Railings Eduard modern Usn - Radar: Set Lion Roar
Paints used:
Humbrol M-126 (FS36270) and M-125 (FS36118).

Some pics building:










Sea base = Styrofoam + kleenex + fiber fill + acrilic warnish


Completed model

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On workbench:
LCS-4 Coronado 1/350
IJN Yamato 1/700 Tamiya
Plan Type 039 Yuan Class 1/350

Shipyard:
LCS-4 Coronado


My Galery:
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... index.html
Instagram: Tamboshipsmodels

very nicely done

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Great Job! Very nice.

That's a great build. I have the 1/700 kit of the USS Normandy -- a ship I served on -- that I want to start in the near future, and your build is great inspiration.

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Thank you for your kind words.

The model quality is quite poor.
The Ticonderoga class ships are a very interesting build. I think Dragon models (Port Royal, Normandy) are of much better quality than Lee.
Devin, here is a much better model than the Mobile Bay.
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... /index.htm
Building my model is here: (Very difficult)
http://www.u-modelismo.com/foromodelism ... pic=1594.0

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On workbench:
LCS-4 Coronado 1/350
IJN Yamato 1/700 Tamiya
Plan Type 039 Yuan Class 1/350

Shipyard:
LCS-4 Coronado


My Galery:
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... index.html
Instagram: Tamboshipsmodels

I was searching for ships on the internet and came across your ship and I love the work you put into it the Ticonderoga is one of my favorite class of ship.

'Kometa'..... I JUST purchased a 'Lee' 1/700 TICONDEROGA kit on "Evil-bay"....but for a Cheap $$ !!!!

Planning on purchasing another cruiser.... 'Minicraft' 1/700 TICONDEROGA kit also on "Evil-bay" to produce a TICONDEROGA and NORMANDY vessels to do a project of USN missile cruisers!!!!

I'll let you know when I start building these kits and possibly have a link to my build in the near future.

BUT.... YOUR Build looks Really good!!!! A Lot of Attention-to-Detail!!! I, myself, plan on upgrading these two (2) kits with 'Artist Hobby' PE to "Hyper Detail" both of these ships, but your images I'll probably use to further enhance my build!!

Mario